As a trumpeter, I do hope you get to Satchmo’s Syndrome (hernia of the obicularis orbis), Gillespie’s Pouches (breakdown of facial connective tissue, also found in glassblowers), and “trumpeter’s lip,” a particularly disturbing callous found in many trumpeters; Don Ellis’s lip callous was especially notable. And then there’s Gottfried Reiche, the 18th century trumpeter who died of a cerebral hemorrhage, reportedly while practicing Bach’s Brandenburg II.

Also, what’s up with that gross thing on violinists’ necks? I swear, sometimes it has hair growing out of it.

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Also, this is anecdotal, but when I was music school, several oboists informed me that it’s not uncommon to pass out while playing the oboe, although I wouldn’t begin to guess at the aetiology of that one.